"courses or multiple people on the course at the same time (SBX). Some of the larger snowboarding contests include: the european Air & Style, the japanese X-Trail Jam, Burton Global Open Series, Shakedown, FIS World Championships, the annual FIS World Cup, the Winter X Games and the Winter Dew Tour. Snowboarding has been a Winter Olympic sport since 1998 Winter Olympics. Events have changed through the years. During the 2018 Winter Olympics, the snowboarding events were big air, halfpipe, parallel giant slalom, slopestyle and snowboard cross. Snowboarder Magazine's Superpark event was created in 1996. Over 150 of the World's top"
"The organiser has announced that this event will from now on also be held annually as a TTR 6 Star event. On December 4, 2010, the first edition of an Air & Style overseas went down in Beijing, China with Sebastien Toutant taking the win. Moving the event to the Bird's Nest Stadium in the following year it will go into its fourth consecutive season in 2013. On December 8, 2012, Mark McMorris and Yuki Kadono landed the first ever triple corks at an Air & Style event. On February 1 and 2, 2013, the Air & Style celebrated its"
"Air & Style The Air & Style is a European snowboard contest first held in Innsbruck, Austria in 1994 and now held annually. Charly Weger and his snowboard photographer friend Andrew Hourmont first started the Air & Style Contest in Innsbruck. They only expected some hundred spectators but more than a few thousand showed up to see a single Straight Jump from each rider. From there on, it developed into one of the most influential snowboard challenges today. Until 1999, the sponsorship exploded and over 45,000 visitors witnessed the last Air & Style in Innsbruck, when six people died after"
"Air ""2011:"" 2nd, Air & Style Beijing Big Air ""2011:"" Gold Medal, Winter X Games Big Air ""2011:"" 1st, Dew Tour Slopestyle – Connecticut ""2011:"" 1st, Dew Tour Slopestyle – Colorado ""2011:"" 1st Overall, Dew Tour Season Standings Slopestyle ""2010:"" 1st, Dew Tour Slopestyle – Mt. Snow ""2010:"" 2nd Overall, Dew Tour Slopestyle ""2010:"" 2nd, Oakley Arctic Challenge Slopestyle ""2010:"" Silver Medal, X Games Big Air ""2009:"" 1st, Dew Tour Slopestyle – Mt. Snow ""2009:"" 1st, Dew Tour Slopestyle – Northstar-at-Tahoe, California ""2009:"" 1st Mt Snow Dew Tour Slopestyle ""2009:"" 1st Tahoe Dew Tour Slopestyle ""2009:"" Silver Medal, Winter X"
"differentiated itself from other popular action and extreme sports events, such as X-Games, with its watersports focus and its scenic waterfront venue. The featured events: the ""U.S. Open Windsurfing Regatta"" (in its 16th year in 2003) and the ""U.S. Open Kiteboarding Championships"" (in its 4th year in 2003) were joined with several new events, including the ""BMX Pro SkyJam"" and the ""Benjamin's Pro Sk8Jam."" Other events included an extreme fashion style show called ""Thrashin Fashion"" as well as several music stages featuring regional bands primarily from the South Texas area. Velocity Games also hosted various national acts, including A Perfect"
"& Style in Innsbruck in 2008. In the 2007–08 season he won the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour, garnering the TTR World Tour Champion title. He won three medals at the 2008 Winter X Games XII in Aspen, Colorado. He was also the first athlete in X Games history to compete in three medal events in one day. Pearce is a member of the Frends Crew (spelled without the ""i"" to emphasize the collective nature of the group) made up of snowboarders Mason Aguirre, Danny Davis, Scotty Lago, Keir Dillon, Mikkel Bang, Jack Mitrani and Luke Mitrani. Frends is a"
"taking five awards, including Best Halfpipe Rider for Autti. In December 2006, he scored 3rd place at the Nokia Air & Style in Munich, Germany. The Air & Style is considered one of the biggest and most prestigious events in Europe. Autti has not competed recently and has been more focused on making video of backcountry riding. Autti participated in the Winter X Games 12. He finished 3rd in Best Trick Showdown, 7th in Snowboard Superpipe, and 4th in Snowboard Slopestyle. Most recently he won the 2008 Toyota Big Air Japan beating his fellow Flow teammate Risto Mattila, who came"
"Federation"" in 2002 the contest joined the newly formed ""TTR World Tour"", and Air & Style Munich is now a 6Star event on the World Tour, whilst Air & Style Innsbruck held a 5-star status until 2009 when it was given a 6-star accreditation. In 2000, the prize money was over 250,000 US dollars (including an Audi A3). On February 2, 2008, an Air & Style quarterpipe event was held in Innsbruck in addition to the Straight Jump in Munich. Kevin Pearce won the event, which made him the first winner of two Air & Style competitions in one season."
"the X Games was the Moto X Quarterpipe High Air Final. In this final, American Colby Raha won the gold followed by American Tyler Bereman receiving the silver medal. ""FINAL"" X Games Minneapolis 2017 X Games Minneapolis 2017 is an action sporting event that took place July 13–16, 2017, at U.S. Bank Stadium in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. This Summer X Games was the first held in the Midwest and the first of two X Games events to be held in the state of Minnesota with another planned for the following summer in 2018. The games were televised by ESPN and"
"Bull Rampage, Red Bull Crankworx and Red Bull Joyride, all of which take place once a year. X-Games X-Games had slopestyle mountain bike event introduced in X-Games Munich 2013. Crankworx Is a series of slopestyle events that take place in FMB world tour. Red Bull Joyride Known as the Super Bowl of the sport Joyride takes place in Whistler Canada. Red Bull District Ride Is a street style contest that goes throughout the streets of a city and later into the final massive jump. The sport has spread across the planet, but the widely recognized starting point for the addition"
"the reason given by ESPN was for a more favorable broadcast window. X Games Austin gained a 4-day attendance of 160,000 and an all-time total of 5,069,115. It was also announced on the ESPN broadcast that next year's X Games will again be hosted in Austin, Texas and that a new event, Moto X Flat Track will make its debut. BMXer Jamie Bestwick won his ninth consecutive gold medal in BMX Vert event. At 14 years of age, Skateboarder Tom Schaar becomes the youngest to win the Skateboarding Big Air event, pulling off a 900 at the top of the"
"Monster Jam Monster Jam is a live motorsport event tour and television show operated by Feld Entertainment. The series is sanctioned under the umbrella of the United States Hot Rod Association (USHRA) and takes place primarily in the United States. Although individual event formats can vary greatly based on the ""intermission"" entertainment, the main attraction is always the racing and freestyle competitions by monster trucks. The sport has been held every year since 1992. There is more than just monster trucks that entertain the crowd. Other attractions include Quad (ATV) Racing, Demolition Derbies,Speedster competitions, Sand Racing, Pro Truck Racing, FMX,"
"2005 Justin has worked frequently with Speed Channel (now Fox Sports 1) as a host of various live and format based TV shows, such as the Barrett Jackson Auctions, American Le Mans Series, Grand American Racing, IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, Test Drive and Shut up and Drive. Justin co-founded Bell & Ammo with Nicolai Iuul in 2013 to create high production value, entertaining, original automotive lifestyle content. Their primary show is The Worlds Fastest Car Show sponsored by eBay Mobile and airs on the wildly successful Motor Trend YouTube Channel. Nicolai produces and directs while Justin hosts. Other career milestones."
"4-time X Games gold medalist. During practice, Huston was filmed performing a 270-degree ""kickflip lipslide"" on a rail, a difficult skateboarding trick that had never been on a full-sized handrail. “Vert legend” Andy MacDonald won the Vert/BigAir Overall (combined results from 50% Vert and 50% Big Air competition scores). MacDonald holds the record for the most X Games medals in vert skateboarding and was crowned as skateboarding’s World Champion nine times in the World Cup Skateboard Series. Kimberley Diamond Cup The Kimberley Diamond Cup is an annual skateboarding event held at the beginning of each southern hemisphere Spring in Kimberley,"
"X Games The X Games is an annual extreme sports event hosted, produced, and broadcast by ESPN. Coverage is also shown on ESPN's sister network, ABC. The inaugural X Games were held during the summer of 1995 in Newport, Rhode Island. Participants compete to win bronze, silver, and gold medals, as well as prize money. The competition often features new tricks such as Tony Hawk's 900 in skateboarding, Travis Pastrana's double backflip in freestyle motocross, Heath Frisby's first ever snowmobile front flip in Snowmobile Best Trick, and Torstein Horgmo's first landed triple cork in a snowboard competition. Concurrent with competition"
"magazines and videos. With the removal of flatland from events such as the XGames, many independent event organizers have stepped up and taken flatland to the masses through creative, independently organized events such as the Red Bull Circle Balance, Circle Cow, and BMX Masters events in Europe, the Elevation Flatland series and Voodoo Jams in the US, and smaller ""jams"" such as the Athens Jam and Hollywood Jams which take place in the US. These independent events and jams are what has helped keep flatland ""alive"" and thriving over the years. Flatland tricks are given names, usually by the first"
"2017, 31 teams took part in Red Bull X-Alps; 12 rookies, as well as reigning champion Chrigel Maurer and legend Toma Coconea, who has taken part in every edition so far. Red Bull X-Alps The Red Bull X-Alps is a paragliding race in which athletes must hike or fly 1,000 km across the Alps. It first launched in 2003 and has since taken place every other year. Around 30 athletes take part and must navigate their way via a predetermined set of turnpoints that vary with each race. Every kilometer must be covered either on foot or by paraglider. Teams"
"and freestyle. This tour featured 8 drivers driving 3 different vehicles in a points series. The top 2 finishers got an invite to the Monster Jam World Finals 16. In 2015, Monster Jam started its first stadium tour called the Fox Sports 1 Championship Series. This tour followed 16 drivers each weekend on Fox Sports 1 competing for points in qualifying, racing, obstacle course racing and freestyle. The top 4 in the series got invites to the Monster Jam World Finals 16. In 2016, Monster Jam will feature an East and West Coast #MoreMonsterJam series with only the winner of"
"TrickStyle TrickStyle is an extreme sports and racing video game developed by Criterion Games and published by Acclaim Entertainment. It was released for the Dreamcast and Microsoft Windows on August 31, 1999. Set in the future, the player takes part in stunt-filled hoverboard races through London, Tokyo, and Manhattan, or inside a massive arena called the Velodrome. ""AirBlade"" by Criterion and Namco is a spiritual successor. The game received mixed reviews from critics, who praised its graphics and physics, but criticized its gameplay, animations and sound. The game initially allows the player to choose a racer and places them in"
"is the ""X Fest"" sports and music festival, which offers live music, athlete autograph sessions, and interactive elements. The X Games gained media exposure due to their big name sponsors, top-tier athletes, and consistent fan attendance. As the ""Journal of Sport Management"" (2006) explains, Generation X and Generation Y are the two demographics most highly valued by marketers. This creates a broad approach on marketing towards that certain demographic, which is why the X Games marketing and economic outlook is so ""out of the box"". According to a 2008 report by ESPN, in 1997, the Winter X Games inaugural year,"
"big air events. The events were done in a knockout format, with two judges voting and the audience, voting through text messaging, each having equal say as to who advanced to the finals and who won. There were only gold medals awarded for the Big Air events, as they were judged as winner take all competition. On the final day of competition, the weather deteriorated throughout the day The weather likely affected the turnout, with around 4,000 fewer spectators than Winter X Games XI. The ski cross course was affected by weather conditions as the day went on, and there"
"except UK/Ireland), and Motor Trend (Italy), which feature a similar focus on automotive-themed programs. In 2015, Motor Trend (then known as Velocity) and Discovery Channel acquired the broadcast rights to Barrett-Jackson's automobile auctions, previously held by Fox Sports. Mike Joy, Chris Jacobs, and Ray Evernham host the ""Barrett-Jackson Live"" broadcasts on the two channels. In April 2018, it was announced that Discovery and Motor Trend Group had acquired the North American broadcast rights to the FIA World Endurance Championship, beginning with the 2018-19 ""super season"", also replacing Fox Sports. The first and last hours of most events are televised by"
"until the final night of competition, when Shaun White tied it with a gold medal in the men's snowboard superpipe and set his own record with 12 career Winter X Games medals. Snowmobile Speed and Style was debuted as a new event on the opening night of competition, combining traditional snocross, a timed race, with trick skill. The event was judged, with completion time and freestyle each making up half of the final score. Levi LaVallee won gold. Tucker Hibbert won his third gold medal in Snocross and his second consecutive. LaVallee's subsequent gold medal win in the snowmobile freestyle"
"X Games Harley-Davidson Flat-Track X Games Harley-Davidson Flat-Track racing is an event for the ESPN Summer X Games held in Austin, Texas, first held on June 4, 2015. Flat-Track racing will return to X Games for 2016 in Austin on Thursday, June 2, 2016. The 2015 event had a very rough track due to torrential rains, but was still very well received by the public and press The 2015 event utilized AMA Pro Flat Track GNC1 equipment rules as they apply to twin-cylinder motorcycles. Differing from standard AMA rules were the use of a motocross-style starting gate and the size"
"– Josh Dirksen, Jeremy Jones and Mitch Nelson join the team. 2002 – Bonfire Rider David Benedek wins 1st overall, 1st in Quarterpipe and 2nd in slopestyle at the 2002 Burton European Open. 2002 – David Benedek wins the Air & Style. 2003 – Brad returns to a more active role in the brand, which he maintains today as Marketing Director for Bonfire. 2003 – Amy (Johnson) Eichner ends her snowboarding career with a third-place finish at the X-Games and joins the Bonfire family in Portland as marketing coordinator. She is currently Bonfire's Global Marketing Manager. 2003 – Bonfire invents"
"Julia Marino (snowboarder) Julia (Jules) Marino (born September 11, 1997) is an American snowboarder who competes in the Slopestyle and Big Air disciplines. As a rookie, in the 2017 X Games at Aspen's Buttermilk Mountain, she won gold in Slopestyle and a bronze in Big Air, the first female snowboard athlete to win two medals at the same Games in 17 years. On her gold medal run, she became the first female to land a Cab 900 double underflip in an X Games women's Slopestyle contest. She followed this up at the X Games in Hafjell, Norway with a silver"
"event final of the day was the Moto X Best Whip Final. In this event, American Destin Cantrell won the gold. The final event, the Moto X Best Trick Final, resulted in New Zealander Levi Sherwood winning gold. Sunday, July 16, was the final day of the X Games, with four event finals left. The first final was the BMX Dirt Final, where American Colton Walker received the gold. At the second final, the Skatepark Skate Final, American Alex Sorgente won the gold. Australian Kyle Baldock won the ""gold pedal"" at the BMX Best Trick event. The final event of"
"'El Destroyer'), Mat Rebeaud (2008, 'Air Mat'), Dany Torres (2009/11, 'El Pajarillo'), Robbie Maddison (2010, 'Mad Dog'), Levi Sherwood (2012/17 'El Chico de Goma') and Thomas Pagès (2013/14/15/16, 'Mr Flair'). Red Bull X-Fighters Red Bull X-Fighters is a freestyle motocross motorbike stunt competition, contested in bullrings and famous locations and sites. Created back in 2001, Red Bull X-Fighters is the most popular freestyle motocross event in the world with a 15-year plus history and more than 50 past events on six continents. The riders are invited to compete head-to-head through a series of knockout rounds in front of some of"
"heights of the jumps. Xensr is a manufacture of 3D accelerometers and promoter of the Big Air competition. It is a popular discipline on the Columbia River near the town of Hood River, Oregon, USA. This discipline is a cross between freestyle and slalom. Competitors race on a short downwind slalom course, must duck jibe on all turns, and are required to perform several tricks along the way. Competitors are required to wear protective equipment. The Super X discipline was short lived and is now largely unpracticed; it reached its peak in the early 2000s, Speedsailing takes place in several"
"biggest ramp ever used in competition is the X-Games big air ramp at tall. Both ‘faces’ of the ramp have an extension to the transition that is vertical, hence the name. Coping is a round metal tube at the lip of the vert that helps freestyle BMXers do grinds, and stalls on the lip of the vert. Riders go up each jump, performing air tricks before landing into the transition having turned 180 degrees. A typical run involves going from one side to the other, airing above the coping each side. Also possible are 'lip tricks' - tricks on the"
"then set up Williams for his Styles Clash maneuver and jumped off, slamming Williams face-first into the mat from the top rope. Styles followed with a pin, thus winning the match and retaining the TNA X Division Championship. The main event was a Six-man tag team match pitting the team of Rhino and Team 3D against the team of Jeff Jarrett and America's Most Wanted. The latter was accompanied by Gail Kim. Various weapons were used by both teams throughout the match without the referee disqualifying either. Some weapons used included trash cans, cheese graters, and tables. Rhino tackled Jarrett"
"by Orlando von Einsiedel and Jon Drever and premiered at the 2013 Air & Style in Innsbruck. The brand is heavily involved with Air & Style, a TTR 6 Star event. In 2013, Burn's inaugural Burn Style Sessions contest took place at the 20th Anniversary of Air & Style in Innsbruck. Snowboarding legends Terje Haakonsen, David Benedek and Gigi Rüf returned to competition snowboarding for the event, along with Stefan Gimpl, the only rider to have won three consecutive Air & Style titles. ""I don't think anyone ever thought they'd see these guys compete again,"" said Arthur Longo (Burn Unit)."
"Eglash for their work on using sports analytics to stimulate youth interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The entrepreneurial spirit was alive and well at the Startup Competition & Trade Show, with 24 companies aiming to disrupt the sports industry. In addition, 2017 marked the introduction of the Accelerator Competition presented by Reebok. The judges were so impressed with the participants that both Nix Biotech and Open Gym walked away with the top prize and the opportunity to grow their businesses with Reebok’s support. Additional events—a dedicated esports room that hosted a ProAm tournament, drone racing, and a chess"